Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
FACT AND. FANCY.


Washin- Ton Territory.
The University Of Virginia has been left
$1,000 by a deceased Baltimore lady.
Sixty thousand heads " cabbage are cut up
ato sauer,raUt ever year IN Reading, Pa
Building valued at s., )Ol we're burned one
iav recently - DurgAt, MsA, by = IA set BY
Hceudlar IS.
The aa.l-sl gas now used IN Youngstown,
}. IS conveyed q distance Of forty miles
through a tvave-iuca man.
On a iaru "a Orange county, New York, 10
ia r. school 81 VII ch PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION
b dairy farming is given for a nominal sum
There Is var between the cowL2en and
ihsrUmen in eastern New NJ xico, which nas
ed 10 MURDER aud more violence Is cxpectco-
Cogoy-s are so numerous and troublesomo
Il Yl.p county, California, that a bounty OF
~ ! scalp Is offered by the county author
ties
Another good thing zone from Boston. The
V.at4r draw nss FOR the Runaiy / OF Omar
EHgv-ane lave been purchased r Mrs Tracy
ii Bui4o.
Piuksya has developed among horses IN .
number of .Ar.c stables at San Diego, Cal. As
let 10 ls n mild form, and but one fatal case
srcu1rred
TLrt7onc lumber cargoes arrived at san
Diego, Cal, Iast week, with Is, ,2O0O0o feet
80 FAR this year the ol4l amount received 10
l3-Ja.JJI feet.
GaGwumps according 10 The Nsv Yors
Tribune, are theatre goers who leave their
sea.s between ucrs and step on other people's
zoe, while going out
The Dominion OF Canada is in debt to tho
sx,ent Of S-2s.jJ1,OlJ, fully SO per head OF
population. The dominion debt has Increased
- 45i.6y9 since June l.
The people at Victoria, B. c., are much In
,ensed at the conduct Of the Canadian Pacific
Tor a failure TO meet its rromise regarding the
.ouc ing at Esquimals by the Hong Kong
steamers.
Montana territory claims 60 be ready for
statehood, with plenty OF property, plenty OK
population, 1,4O1loO cattle 10000 horses,
20Jl3)0 sheep, aud gold and silver at the rate
IF S-6.JJ0,J 100 year.
Queen Margaret Of Italy has had capable
. Jewish instructors, can read the Old Testa-
nenr in Hebrew with ease, aud has collected
large Hebrew library, with the latest works
1u jewish literature.
At the Benevolent home in Atlanta, Ga,
patient who mad a cancer in his stomach was
Kept allv. for weeks by nitro-glycerine- Tho
explosive was placed on his tongue and ab-
,orUed into his system without being swal-
lowed.
Capt. A. K. Ham, who died at San Jose,
Cal, few days sgo, went to tha Golden
state in 1870, and in 1853 he opened up q liv-
cry stable At Santa Clara, which he ran up to
tie day OF his death. he was worth from g..
5y0,uO1 to s., OOOO 900.
The governor of chihuahua sends word to
The committee at Tucson, Arizona, on the
Niles sword celebration that, as he can not
leave the limits Of the state without an act OF
congress, be will send personal representa-
tive % congratulate Gen. Miles on behalf OF
the people Of Chihuahua
little grl while playing one day recently
On a porch a. WalIngford, Conn.,, was startled
1y a large bird flying over her head. The bird
dew q short distance away and returned again
and was caught and held by the child until
ler parents who heard the noise, came out
and secured it 1t proved to be full grown
b partridge apparently unhurt
Artificial o7ster culture is being largely
. pTaCi.ceu III UauN paIls VI NhAha- DeHooS
ooles sre plasiered with old shells and plant
"a on mud aats between low and high-water
mark until tha oyster spst develops into tiny
rstcrs when they are transported. When
taken up * months after the bamboos are
'ound 70 be covered with wellgrown bivalves.
AuoveI pan to pro note marriage among the
settlers in the Northwest territory has just
been adopted BY the Canadian Pacific rail-
-oad When a settler wants to 70 to Ontario
or his Cir ne buys a matrimonial ticket e the
Usual rates; but o. presenting the tickeNa
rew weeks later m an Ontario station, togeth-'
-r with a marriage certificate, he will be en-
titled 10 free Jransportat ON for his bride.
A terrible story of want comes from Vienna,
where Official inquiry has found four thous-
and school children actually suffering the
bangs Of starvation. In some cases their
parents seem 10 be able to give them plenty OF
yin and other liquor, but no solid food. In
others. they live on dry bread with an oc-
cas.onal spooful Of coffee or weak soup II
this is the case with children attending school,
how must it bs with those too sick or too
weak TO 20 to schooll The lists of infant
mortality in what is generally regarded a.
the gavest capital IN Europe, sfter Paris,
must be frightful. Happily the discovery Of
this condition Of affsirs led TO Its immediate
alienation.
stems are being taken by the authorities st
FL Psso, Tex, TO run out the tribs Of Chinese
doctors that has been infesting that city for
She past half year. The pigtailed diclples Of
E.culsDius practiced not only among their
own countrymen but also among the white
people Their mode Of treatment, diagnosis, and
pharmacepia are the most ridiculous imagin-
able aud still they dnd plenty Of customers.
District Judge F4lYeY has appointed board
OF medical examiners for the Thirty-fourth
judicial district As provided for BY the
statutes Of the state. The board will consist
OF three physicians, and when it is once or
gauizsd no person viii be allowed to practice
medicine In the judicial district without
certiicats from the board The commission
ers hold office FOR two years. This action OF
the court will doubtless put an end to a good
deal Of heather Chinese doctoring in Fl Paso.
+ A question Of interest iu the Alaska contro-
v-r-v relates 70 the probable number OK seals
IN and around BehrIng Sea. A computation
last spring bv Agent Noyes gave 9, j57, $50 as
the total number Of breeding seals on the two
stands Of -. Paul and 81. George, the seats
o. the Alaska Commercial Com mpany's
monopoly. Agent Tiug.e's report estimates
the number At fewer than 5000 The
Commercial Company employs, according TO
.le Toronto Mail, leet u four steamers and